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• 07.21.08
  The big question now is whether this many-headed monster of info and apps can ever be tamed into something that’s even vaguely house-trained? General, Journalism, MLW | (0)

  For reasons that won't be too hard to fathom for both our regular readers, this was all very interesting... http://www.4ip.org.uk/blog/levellers_fishbones_and_sir_tim_berners_lee/ Not least because these days we can join some of the dots therein... that I was lucky enough to speak at www.2gether08.com which was a kind of warm-up garden party for the full-on launch of the 4iP funding initiative later this autumn... And we've also been round the block with Sir Tim and his partner Martin Moore once or twice before on their success at this year's Knight News Challenge... http://outwithabang.rickwaghorn.co.uk/?p=73 And again... http://outwithabang.rickwaghorn.co.uk/?p=89 And, of course, we've also crossed paths with the good folks at NESTA. Which ...

  Tagged: 4iP, Bob Wyman, Google, Jeff Jarvis, Knight News Challenge, Martin Moore, MyLocalWriter, NESTA, Sir Tim Berners Lee
  
• 07.10.08
  WWGD and, ads-wise WTFDGD… Or do we all admit it? We’re all about to become tiny cogs in The Daily Google… Advertising, General, Journalism | (0)

  http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/07/10/google-as-the-new-pressroom/#comments Well, someone had to say it... Google bleeding this, Google bleeding that... Don't get me wrong; it's a great post. Big and thought-provoking. And Mr Wyman remains a very switched on guy; even if he does now appear to work for you-know-who... http://outwithabang.rickwaghorn.co.uk/?p=72 But if we guess how the conversation went during 'Breakfast With Jeff' there is, to my mind, a very real danger that the powers-that-be down Buckingham Palace Road are allowing themselves to slip into the mind-set of becoming The Daily Google.... Or maybe, that's the answer. No, please not. Let's not go that quietly into the night... Not just yet.

  Tagged: Bob Wyman, Daily Telegraph, Google, Jeff Jarvis
  
• 05.20.08
  Finding a kindred spirit out here in No Man’s Land – kinda makes your day. Here’s to you, Mr Wyman… General, Journalism | (4)

  Every once in a while you stumble across a hero out here in the No Man's Land and today I found one... http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/05/19/rise-of-the-network-fall-of-the-portal/ No, not Mr Jarvis. Not this time. The guy who added the pithy comment. Bill's brother, Bob. And for those of you who can't be bothered to link through, here was Mr Wyman's insight into the way this world is developing... "There is an opportunity here… "Networks decide which ads to display by combining knowledge of context (which site) with analysis of the content (what words, etc.). “Portal sales” focus only context. "Today, any particular writer’s content may appear in many contexts — ...

  Tagged: Bob Wyman, buzzmachine.com, Halifax Piece Hall, Jeff Jarvis
  

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